Polly Cochrane, recently named as Country Manager for WarnerMedia UK & Ireland, has announced her leadership team, bringing together a team of seasoned executives in Alison Morris, Neil Marshall, Rachel Wakley, Alex Lewis, Allan Stenhouse and Charlie Cubbon. The appointments follow John Stanley’s decision to leave the company next year after 14 years at the […]
With a planned multimillion dollar on-air and online awareness campaign scheduled for over the holidays and into early January 2021, US broadcast group Pearl TV and its Phoenix Model Market Partners are coordinating a multimarket consumer awareness campaign with local broadcasters who are now transmitting in digital television standard ATSC 3.0 – the so-called NEXTGEN […]
ShortsTV, the 24/7 linear and OTT HD TV channel dedicated to short form video entertainment, is now available on Amazon Prime Video Channels in the UK, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. Amazon Prime members in these countries can now watch live action, animated and documentary shorts, featuring winners and nominees at the Oscars and other […]
The bulk of EchoStar’s business these days is focussed on its wholly-owned subsidiary Hughes Network Systems which itself is a major supplier of satellite-based broadband to consumer and business users. Last week EchoStar – itself controlled by Charlie Ergen – reported better than expected results on revenues and EBITDA. The results have prompted a significant […]
Vevo, the music video platform and NetRange, a global provider of turnkey Smart TV and OTT ecosystems, haveannounced a collaboration to widen access to Vevo’s music video service to Smart TVs in nearly a dozen countries powered by the NetRange Smart TV App Store. Rob Christensen, VP Advanced Television, Vevo, commented: “We’re delighted to announce […]
Oman in the Arabian Gulf wants to see a private-financed satellite launched by 2024. Oman, unlike its near neighbours the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, does not have its own satellite but does have a space agency, the Oman Space Communications Technology (SCT). The agency invited bids earlier this year for a suitable solution. SpaceBridge, […]
Vewd, a provider of OTT software solutions, has announced Vewd for Automotive, a white-labeled cloud-managed platform that brings streaming entertainment to car manufacturers and automotive infotainment platforms. Vewd for Automotive features an optimised software client that supports key global content provider services and a cloud back-office that provides complete management capabilities and data insights. Vewd […]
Spanish Amazon Original series, El Cid, will be launching exclusively on Prime Video on December 18th in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. El Cid is the next major European Amazon Original Series to add to Prime Video’s growing Spanish Original slate and the first scripted Spanish-language Amazon Original Series to launch exclusively […]
TV 2 Sumo, an OTT streaming service owned by Norwegian commercial public broadcaster TV 2, has upgraded its apps on LG Smart TVs. The new updated design is built across multiple LG WebOS models using Norigin Media’s TV App Framework. The streaming service is deployed across a range of LG devices with a new design […]
THEO Technologies , a provider of universal video playback technologies, has announced that THEOplayer will be used by Swisscom to deliver its blue TV (previously known as TV Air) service. Swisscom will now use THEOplayer across its web clients as well as on Connected TVs. blue TV carries a wide selection of premium live and […]